New Idea

I need to start being more intentional about why I eat and not doing it just to eat. Lately I've been obsessed with reading food blogs thanks to my friend Katie and her blogroll. It's really great to see the variety of foods people eat and how it makes them feel. I really need to be more careful with what I put in my body in order to help me feel at my best. Sometimes I eat snacks and treats just because I can.



And this week I had an incident with dark chocolate and kudos bars that was embarassing. I ate the dark chocolates of the world that I had bought for my mom's visit because I was feeling bad for myself. My IBS was acting up again and I could barely move. So after a few days of the stomach issues I succombed to my old emotional eating habits and scarffed almost all the dark chocolate. And I added a few M&M's flavored Kudos bars for good measure. I felt worse and depressed for doing it. Message taken that emotional eating does me no good.



So now with the Goal Getterz challenge for April being to pay more attention to what you eat by journaling not only your food but feelings, I decided I needed write more in my blog. I'm going to try and post pic (if I can figure it out) and write out what I eat and why. I just need to pay attention to the feelings so that I don't just eat.



Wish me luck... and sorry I'm not a witty writer.

Thanksgiving Yeah!

Today was thanksgiving but it got off to a rocky start. I had the hardest time falling asleep last night. It's been awhile that I've been having sleeping issues. At first I thought it was just because of the back pain I had prior to surgery...then I thought it was going through the initial recovery from the surgery... and now I don't know what it is. It might be that I'm still dealing with the recovery and don't get enough exercise as I should but I also think it has to do with the fact that my grandmother died 2 weeks before thanksgiving and I am still dealing with that. Any way you look at it I need sleep and I have a call into my doctor's tomorrow to figure out how to correct my sleeping habits so I don't get sick from lack of sleep.

But enough about the problems... onto the happy part of today. Russell let me sleep till 10.30 (I fell asleep around 6.30) which is definitely sleeping in for me. First time in weeks. And then I took a great shower BY MYSELF after weeks of him having to help me. And then we just chilled around the house. We talked a bit about work and random stuff but just relaxed for the first time since the beginning of November when Kettles started. Finally around 3 we went out to our friend's house to eat with their family since going to our immediate family was not an option with our time schedule.

Dinner was amazing. I haven't eaten that much in FOREVER. And to make it even better I found a new tradition I may have to keep if I can... eating home-made mac and cheese in addition to the regular stuff. I at more of that than anything else at dinner. I ate so much that my brace was tight and uncomfortable. In fact I was afraid to loosen it for fear that I couldn't tighten it back up when we had to leave. But I did find time for pie after about a half hour rest. I couldn't pass up home-made sweet potato pie and chocolate cream pie. Just a small piece of both but it was well worth it. Hey I didn't eat a lot during the day so that I could enjoy my Turkey Day meal. Not the greatest plan because my eyes were bigger than my stomach but I did enjoy myself. And I brought a piece of home-made cherry pie (hand pitted not the gooey canned filling) and ate it after I wrapped a bunch of presents I've already bought.

I enjoyed the day of rest but from here on out its GO GO GO! God help me make it through in one piece and help Hunni to survive as well. Tis the season as a officer in The Salvation Army.

The Beginning

So blogging has been around FOREVER it seems and lately I've been reading lots of blogs that my friends write or follow. I guess it was my turn to start one. It will probably help me get out how my day is going or just so that my family can actually keep up with what's going on in my life. Either way I'm going to try keeping this for a couple of weeks and see if it's even worth sharing...so if you are reading this it is probably after the holidays.

I've been married for exactly 5 months and 5 days. It's been good most of the time. Like most newlywed couples we are having our "adjustments" (who does what, being around each other all the time, what to do for dinner, etc). But I do love being married. It's nice to be able to sit on the couch and watch TV all evening if we want to. Some of you know that before we got married and ordained we were in seminary which had strict rules about where we could spend time together and after my back injury happened we spent even less time together. But the point is we survived and are enjoying the benefits of married life :-).

The job front is busy but entirely worth it. My husband, Russell, and I were ordained as Salvation Army Officers/pastors on father's day this year. Now we live in a small town in the Berkshires of MA. We love the town but it's hard-work to be here. We are in charge of everything and have very little help. But we love our jobs so at the end of the day when we talk about the day we talk about how happy we are to be doing it no matter how hard.

Well kettles call, tis the season.